Roger banks pye death note

Anouska Hempel, London hotelier and interior designer, receives one of the great awards in the world of interior design this week.

Roger banks pye death note

Giles Kime pays his tribute.

The closest that the interior-design industry gets to the Grammys is the Andrew Martin Awards that, for more than 25 years, have been an annual celebration of the industry’s finest. Although its reach is global, a sizeable British contingent tends to feature on the shortlist and, over the years, winners have included homegrown luminaries such as Rose Uniacke, Kit Kemp and Nicky Haslam.

Meanwhile, the overseas designers featured offer an interesting insight into what’s going on beyond these shores, particularly in the Far East.

The great benefit of any awards is that they tend to winkle out the overlooked and the Andrew Martin Awards have a tradition of doing that brilliantly.

Although the winner of this year’s prize won’t be cr